Posts by LegBreak

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  • Hard News: In the Game,

    Looks like this could turn into some auction between 2 Government Departments.

    How responsible is that?

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: Miracles just rate better, okay?,

    I always found the "Asian lady" story a bit suss in this regard - I mean, mysterious member of disliked ethnic group, described only in the vaguest of terms, kidnaps sweet white toddler? Yeah, sure, *that* story has no precedent

    Perhaps I’m being naïve Lucy, but the way so many fell for that (yes, I did listen to some talkback last week) really surprised and annoyed me..

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: Miracles just rate better, okay?,

    Oh Legbreak. Surely you know that psychics are ethical people who would never do anything so venal and wrong as use their skills to cheat in a wager.

    Ah, of course.

    What a waste of a talent.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: Miracles just rate better, okay?,

    The “Asian Lady with the black and grey dog” dominated the news on this for a few days. Why had she not contacted police? Probably because she didn’t exist.

    The big guy in the red suit out walking his reindeer didn’t come forward either.

    As for psychics; I’ll start believing in them the day the TAB stops returning a profit.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Field Theory: Blue Sky Thinking,

    @HG,

    I've got a feeling that particular shame is no longer secret

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Field Theory: Blue Sky Thinking,

    By doing this, SKY has given Jed more publicity than he could’ve hoped for.

    BTW, SKY did a good job of running round YouTube last Sunday tearing down all the Tua-Cameron clips.

    But as Naly says, that’s just them protecting their product.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: In the Game,

    Pretty much what Rachel P said.

    From a coverage point of view, Maori TV would be a massive breath of fresh air.

    However...

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: The new wave,

    Another impact of climate change on what a tsunami does is that if the sea-levels are higher to start with, then the effect of the wave will be greater.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Speaker: How to Look Good as a Nazi,

    I talked to a German about it once.

    2 things. He said he’d always been proud of his grandfather who was mayor of his local town for 10 years. It was only when he got to an age of independent thinking that he realised what that actually meant.

    The other one was that he was holidaying in the English part of Spain when the Falklands War broke out.

    The headline in the Sun at the local shop said “BRITAIN DECLARES WAR” and his first thought was “Oh, shit!!”.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

  • Hard News: The new wave,

    OT, but this has highlighted just how stupid the Greater Samoa set-up is. Must be the most illogical post-colonial legacy outside of Africa.

    Splitting a people in half for the purpose of what exactly? So the USA can have a Guam in the South Pacific?

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1162 posts Report

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